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Congratulations to PhD students Manuel Ciosici (Data-Intensive Systems) and Andreas Mathisen (Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction) who both have received a travel grant from STIBO for their stay abroad in the US. From January to June 2018, Manuel will be working at University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, while Andreas…

Professor Lars Birkedal is named Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to the semantic and logical foundations of compilers and program verification systems. ACM is the worldwide organization for computer researchers and professionals. ACM Fellow is the highest recognition given by the organization, and only…

Interpersonal skills, ability to see the bigger picture and a lot of patience: It takes a wide variety of skills, if one has to be team captain at the Danish Cyber Security national team. Lucky for the team, Morten Eskildsen, computer science-student at the Department of Computer Science, possess all of these skills - and many more. As…

Aarhus University must maintain its independence, focus on international recruitment of researchers and students, and increase its collaboration with the private sector. Through this, the university can maintain its high ambitions on quality in research, knowledge and education for the future. This was the main message when Rector at Aarhus…

Congratulations to PhD student Kristoffer Just Andersen (Logic & Semantics) who has just received a travel grant from the STIBO foundation. Kristoffer will use the grant for his stay abroad at University College London from January-June 2018.
The Stibo foundation hands out a number of travel grants every year of up to DKK 100.000.…

Two Danish teams - three girls and two boys - competed against 1500 participants at the international finals in World Robot Olympiad (WRO), which was held November 10-12th 2017 in Costa Rica. The Danish team qualified for the championship in October, when Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University hosted the the Danish Finals. Read…

This autumn, secondary school students from all over the country have been visiting Department of Computer Science to get an introduction to the department’s education programs in Computer Science and IT Product Development.

Scientists are developing a tool that can predict companies' risk of bankruptcy. In the case of a series of replacements of a company's board, management and auditors, or if a company changes sector several times over a short period of time, it could be an indication of problems with the economy or an attempt to circumvent the rules.

AUHack 2018: Hackers help companies

For the third time on April 13 - 15, 2018 IT City Katrinebjerg will host AUHack, an event arranged by student volunteers. At AUHack students meet to innovate and create new IT products and solutions.
- Hacking is a buzzword in the media, but there is far more to the word than just infiltrating a company illegally. Hacking is a term in which you…

Computer Scientist at CS solves 30-year-old mathematical problem

Assistant Professor Kasper Green Larsen (DK) and co-author Jelani Nelson (US) have demonstrated that a 30-year-old theorem is the best way to reduce data and speed up algorithms. For that they get praised by an acknowledged mathematician - Professor Noga Alon.
Read the whole press release here (in Danish) and the news story from Harvard John A.…

Alumni interview with Aino Corry, entrepreneur and owner of Metadeveloper

Computer scientist by coincidence - and then again not so much. As a high-school student, Aino Corry (46) was sure about one thing: she wanted to study mathematics and immerse herself deep in theory. Today she finds herself in a completely different setting as self-employed entrepreneur. How did that happen?

Three cool girls from Solrød Gymnasium were among the winners at at the Danish Finals in World Robot Olympiad 2017 the past weekend - and will now move on to represent Denmark at the International Finals in Costa Rica in November (link opens in Danish).

CS hosting qualifications to World Robot Olympiad 2017

Saturday October 7th the Department of Computer Science will host the annual Danish qualification rounds to the World Robot Olympiad 2017.
About 100 High School students will compete in three categories (Regular and Open) for a place in the International finals in Costa Rica, November 10-12, 2017.
The event is open for public audience - more…

Speakers from Terma, Grundfos and Mjølner Informatics were all part of the inauguration of Research Center DIGIT at Department of Computer Science. The center will bring internationally researchers together to secure the Danish foothold in IT with society and business.